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“Random Name Generator” by Wilco
From the album Star Wars (2015)
“Random Name Generator” by Wilco appears on 11 radio countdowns from 9 stations between 2015 and 2025. It was first released in 2015 on the album Star Wars. Its best result is #25 on the WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2015. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #181 alternative song of 2015.
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"Random Name Generator" comes off Star Wars, Wilco's ninth studio album, which the band gave away as a free download from wilcoworld.net on July 16, 2015, with a CD following in August and vinyl in October. Jeff Tweedy wrote it on his own and produced, engineered and mixed it with Tom Schick, with Mark Greenberg assisting.
The album came out of sessions at the band's Loft, the same ones that later produced 2016's Schmilco, and it went out on dBpm, Wilco's own label, wearing a painting of a cat that hangs in the Loft's kitchen. Tweedy framed the whole thing as a way of holding on to a little wild energy and irreverence, and he insisted the record has nothing to do with Star Wars; the pairing just felt good to him.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 25 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2015 | 89 |
| 2015 | 82 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2015 | 89 |
| 2015 | 68 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2015 | 107 |
| 2015 | 40 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2015 | 90 |
| 2015 | 30 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2015 | 125 |
| 2015 | 53 | WERS 88.9 Boston, MA | WERS Top 88 Songs of 2015 | 88 |
| 2015 | 45 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2015 | 104 |
| 2016 | 31 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2016 | 117 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 736 | WYEP | WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 | 1017 |
| 2019 | 736 | WYEP | WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 | 1099 |
| 2025 | 480 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
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